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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Apr 2019
Business of the House

"Some of us who are members of the Procedure Committee have sought to have further discussions about how to deal with these problems and have met with some resistance. The hon. Gentleman seems to want to limit the role of Parliament to that of the legislature. I do not understand …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Mar 2019
Business of the House

"May I bring the right hon. Gentleman back to the business motion? His proposal today is that we should have indicative votes and, depending on where a consensus appears to emerge, the House will have an opportunity to consider these matters again on Monday, and there will be a further …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Mar 2019
Business of the House

"The Leader of the House has said that we should seek a cross-party consensus on the way forward, and I agree with her, which is why I wonder what thought she has given, in respect of her role, to the House voting on options in parallel, so that we can …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Mar 2019
Speaker’s Statement

"On a point of order, Mr Speaker. You are obviously right that the House does not wish to vote on the same proposition over and again. Equally, I am sure that you will be aware of the fact that some hon. Members were interested in meaningful votes because at that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Mar 2019
Business of the House

"Surely if the House votes against no deal tomorrow and for an extension, the simple and straightforward way for the Government to facilitate this under the EU (Withdrawal) Act is to bring forward a statutory instrument, which is something that they could do in 24 hours...."
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Written Question
Uighurs: China
Monday 4th March 2019

Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)

Question to the Leader of the House:

To ask the Leader of the House, what recent discussions she has had with the Foreign Secretary on the situation of Uyghur Muslims in China.

Answered by Andrea Leadsom

Following Business Questions on 13 December, I raised the matter directly with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

The Government has serious concerns about the human rights situation in Xinjiang due to the Chinese Government’s deepening crackdown; including credible reports of the use of political re-education camps and widespread surveillance and restrictions targeted at religious and ethnic minorities – particularly Uyghur Muslims.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 13 Feb 2019
Retirement of the Clerk of the House

"My hon. Friend is describing David Natzler’s character extremely well. Does she agree that one thing about him that is so nice for Members—it has not always been the case—is that he does not treat them like nursery schoolchildren?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 07 Feb 2019
Business of the House

"Yesterday, the Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, the hon. Member for Daventry (Chris Heaton-Harris), was unable to tell the Procedure Committee whether we would scrutinise 50 or 100 affirmative procedure statutory instruments. The front page of the Financial Times says that businesses are up in arms because …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Dec 2018
Business of the House

"This morning on Radio 4, speaking about the prospect of a managed no deal, the Leader of the House used the words “in the event votes don’t take place”. Why?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Dec 2018
Business of the House

"The Leader of the House knows that:

“Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow

Creeps in this petty pace from day to day.”

Will it also be:

“To the last syllable of recorded time”?..."
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